UK knowingly deploys biased facial recognition passport checking system
The UK has admitted to introducing in 2016 a biometric facial recognition passport photo checker, although it was aware the…
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Google contractor accused of misleading subjects in biometric data collection project
Google’s new Pixel 4 will come with top notch facial recognition capabilities, yet the tech giant has encountered roadblocks in…
Facial recognition solutions from SenseTime, Google, and others offered for diverse applications
Biometric facial recognition is being deployed to a new group of devices, customers, and software solutions with use cases ranging…
Facebook and Microsoft make changes as scrutiny of AI training methods continues
Facebook is the latest company to admit to paying contractors to listen to audio recordings of its services users, with…
Microsoft contractor reveals Skype human annotation of user conversations
Microsoft contractors working on Skype’s translation function have been discovered to be listening to recordings of user conversations, in the…
Google street teams likely collecting facial recognition data for unlocking new Pixel 4
Google representatives have been collecting facial biometric data from people in various cities, offering them $5 gift cards in return…
Google responds to leak of audio data from AI assistant reviewer
A language reviewer under contract to Google to analyze samples of voice data collected by its Google Assistant software has…
Ever AI under fire for using photo app images to train facial biometrics without adequate transparency
Photo storage app Ever used images uploaded by customers to create albums in the cloud were used to develop Ever…
AI training startup Chooch AI raises $2.8M led by Vickers Venture Partners
AI training startup Chooch.AI has raised a $2.8 million in a seed round led by VC firm Vickers Venture Partners…
Chooch AI launches mobile SDK for training facial biometrics and other AI vision systems
AI training startup Chooch AI has launched a new mobile software development kit (SDK) to beta to enable developers to…
